Fox is facing a lawsuit after a TV writer who claims that sophomore comedy The Mickwas based on of a script he wrote. Wyndham Lewis is suing Fox and 3 Arts Entertainment for at least $2 million.
In a 100-page lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), Lewis claims that the pilot for The…

Fox has ordered seven additional episodes for Kaitlin Olson comedyThe Mick, bringing the Season 2 total to 20, three more episodes than it produced in Season 1.
The series launched last season as a midseason show with a 13-episode order, which is the norm for midseason starts.
The Mick order comes on the heels of an…

It looks like Twitter isn’t just for fleeting thoughts and presidential rants anymore. Fox is partnering with the social media platform for exclusive tweet-friendly streaming initiatives for Empire, The Mickand the new fall comedy Ghosted.Empire, the soapy musical drama about the Lyon family and their…

Dave Chernin and John Chernin, creators/executive producers of The Mick, have signed a two-year overall deal with the studio behind the breakout Fox comedy series, 20th Century Fox Television.
Under the pact, the Chernin brothers will continue as executive producers/showrunners on The Mick, which is returning for a…

Fox's Tuesday nights are all about comedy, with Lethal Weapon, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Mickas the starring shows. At TCA they took part in a joint panel to discuss their upcoming new seasons and the secrets of their success.
For Lethal Weapon–the reboot of the original 1987 Mel Gibson and Danny Glover buddy cop…

“It’s telling a story that hasn’t been told on television before,” Speechless star Minnie Driver said during 2oth Century Fox’s panel at Deadline’s annual The Contenders Emmys event last month. “You genuinely get the after-school special treatment with disability and that’s not accurate and also annoying…all of those…

Parents TV Council says it is “recommending” Fox broadcast network cancel The Mick and replace it with Last Man Standing.
Nellie Andreeva wrote on May 16 that Fox seriously considered rescuing the series, which is produced by 20th Century Fox TV, after ABC gave it the hook. She reported that Fox tried to fit Season 7…

Fox is giving another vote of confidence to new comedy series The Mick, handing the midseason entry an early Season 2 renewal, the first freshman Fox series to get a pickup for next season.
Fox had been firmly behind The Mick from the get-go, launching the series starring Kaitlin Olson behind an NFL double-header on…

UPDATE, 2:15 PM: No word yet on what the number of senators voting to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court will be, or whether the GOP will be forced to go nuclear and smash any filibuster effort by the Democrats. But we do know how many people tuned in Tuesday to watch President Donald Trump make his High…

NBC’s rookie This Is Us (2.6), coming off a series high last week in a special slot following President Barack Obama’s farewell speech, slipped four-tenths of a ratings point in the adults 18-49 demographic last night. But it still was Tuesday’s highest-rated show by a stretch on a night when most shows were even or…